Skis and skiing - New Zealand - Otago Region

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

By: Bodleian Library

Reference: PA1-f-014

Description: Collection of photograph album pages (lacking covers) which contain images of New Zealand, and images from trips to Switzerland and England (London and Oxford). Many of the photographs are in colour, taken by Dr Ken Birrell circa 1950s. A number of aerial photographs show areas around the Southern Alps, and Queenstown. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album pages, of varying sizes, lacking covers. 43 leaves are 240 x 300 mm, and 12 leaves are 240 x 375 mm, contained in phase box

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-031

Description: Views of New Zealand with particular interest in mountain scenery, both in the North Island and the South Island. They include numbers of images of chairlifts, skiing, rivers and springs, and thermal regions in the North Island. Most of the images are colour photos, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, during the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover labelled "Photographs", 250 x 300 mm

Date: August 1966

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7572

Description: Transparencies of people skiing at Coronet Peak, Otago, taken August 1966 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1964

From: [Ephemera relating to Coronet Peak ski field. 1950-1969]

By: R E Owen (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-SKIFIELD-Coronet-1964-01

Description: A pamphlet advertising Coronet Peak (Queenstown) as a place for "New Zealand's most popular ski-ing holiday", with short paragraphs on transportation, accommodation, ski transport, chairlift, ski school, ski hire, cafeteria and shop, and neighbouring ski-fields. Gives alternative holiday plans, and costs. The front cover shows a photograph of a man skiing, and shows a Tiki Tour logo. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on sheet 228 x 406 mm, folded to 228 x 103 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-SKIFIELD-Coronet-1950/1969

Description: Includes: 1951: Mount Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Company Ltd Ski at Coronet Peak and Mount Cook. Winter sports New Zealand 1951. Originated and printed by Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd., Dunedin [1951] 1963: Queenstown for ski-hi holiday tours. Government Tourist Bureau in association with National Airways Corporation and Mount Cook Air Services. 1964: Coronet Peak Ski-Hi holiday tours. Another New Zealand Govt Tourist Bureau Tiki Tour. National Airways Corporation and Mount Cook Airlines. R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington New Zealand, 1964 (2 copies) 1965: Coronet Peak chairlift; the highest (over 5000 ft.); highlight of a Queenstown visit [ca 1965] (2 copies) Coronet Peak, Queenstown Ski-Hi. Mount Cook Airlines in association with National Airways Corporation. New Zealand Govt Tourist Bureau Tiki Tour 1966: Coronet Peak, Queenstown Ski-Hi 1966. Mount Cook Airlines in association with National Airways Corporation. New Zealand Govt. Tourist Bureau Tiki Tour (2 copies) 1969: Ski-Hi 1969. Coronet Peak, Queenstown New Zealand. A Mount Cook Airlines Skyway holiday. NZ Govt Tourist Bureau Tiki Tour. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints in booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1989

Reference: Eph-A-SKIFIELD-Coronet-1970/1989

Description: Includes pamphlet about skiing at Coronet Peak, issued by Mount Cook Airlines, Mount Cook Landlines, Mount Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Co Ltd, NAC. Includes a ticket (1976), price lists for ski schools 1974, 1975, 1978, and pamphlet titled "Ski-Hi" for the years 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 (2 copies), 1975 (2 copies), 1976 (2 copies), 1977 (2 copies), 1979 (2 copies). Includes a pamphlet titled "Coronet Peak snow rates 1980". Includes: Coronet Peak Ski-hire, ski-school 1976 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints in booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1990

Reference: Eph-A-SKIFIELD-Wanaka-1900s

Description: Includes pamphlet issued by Air New Zealand, advertising helicopter skiing in the Harris Mountains, Wanaka.Also includes pamphlet issued by Treble Cone (Wanaka) Ski Field Ltd [1970s?] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints in booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1951

From: [Ephemera relating to Coronet Peak ski field. 1950-1969]

By: Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd; Mount Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Company Ltd; Hartstonge, J E, active 1950s

Reference: Eph-A-SKIFIELD-Coronet-1951-01

Description: A pamphlet advertising Coronet Peak (Queenstown) and Mount Cook as "New Zealand's leading winter sports playgrounds". Shows photographs of the two skifields, and of skiers using them. The front cover shows a smiling skier holding his skis in his left hand and the poles in his right, with a skifield in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - J E Hartstonge Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on sheet 280 x 427 mm, folded to 225 x 110 mm. Provenance: Former owner J E Hartstonge.

Date: 1957

From: [Ephemera up to octavo size related to skiers and skiing. 1950-1969]

By: Mount Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-SKI-1957-01

Description: A pamphlet advertising Lake Ohau Lodge, with photographs of the ski slopes, a diagram of the ski tow, and an advertisement for round trips by the Mt Cook Cruiser Coach Service to Coronet Peak, Ohau and Mt Cook. Lake Ohau ski field was first operational in 1953. "Skiing took place on a small scale for several winters. A day hut was built at the bottom of the field in 1955, the road was completed to the ski field in 1956 and in September 1959, the area staged an official opening". The Mt Cook & Southern Lakes Company sold the skifield to Geoff Eames Ltd in 1963. See https://www.ohau.co.nz/about-us/historic/ accessed 2 June 2018. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Folded pamphlet, 220 x 380 mm, folded to 220 x 95 mm.

Date: August 1965

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7463

Description: Transparencies of people skiing at Coronet Peak, taken August 1965 by Whites Aviation. Includes views of restaurant and chair lift. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-08850-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 30 Jul 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25354-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Jul 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-28960-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 6 Aug 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-14576-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 15 Jul 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21067-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Aug 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25768-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 30 Jul 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25356-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 6 Aug 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-14577-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 30 Jul 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25393-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Jul 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-28987-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate